tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69758794239703647732011-10-09T18:39:36.109-07:00A weblog of news, views and information on Ethiopia. It is a site to listen various entertaining Ethiopian music with nice Music player, many to choose from Music videos,and more...Ethio-Borsayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04908736012158892137noreply@blogger.comBlogger9671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975879423970364773.post-4130942672911836272011-05-15T03:03:00.000-07:002011-05-15T03:11:39.416-07:00

By Eskinder Nega | May 13, 2011 The Egyptian Prime Minister, Dr. Essam Sharaf, is in Addis for a two-day working visit. He is leading a large Ministerial delegation to Ethiopia and Uganda, where he attended, on Thursday, the controversial inaugural ceremony of President Museveni, who has been in power since the mid-1980s and has just been brazenly “elected” yet to another term by a “whooping

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* Ethiopia building major dam on Nile river* Egypt unwilling to give up lion's share of flow* Analysts see risk of war from Nile allocationBy Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA, April 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will deny Egypt a chance to examine a new mega dam it is building on the Nile unless Cairo inks a new deal relinquishing its veto powers over allocation of the river's waters, an official said on

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Yilma Bekele (July 09 2009) — I was listening to National Public Radio and they were reporting about President Obama’s coming visit to Ghana. Of course I turned the volume up. I did not want to miss anything. My Ghanaian cousins were delirious. The reporter was interviewing a hotel owner that has named his establishment Hotel Obama. He was describing the big portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Obama in the

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BBC NewsCNNEmbedded video from CNN VideoAbbay Media has posted must see picture of the brave Ethiopian protesting the presence of dictator Meles Zenawi at the G20.

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By Addis Mulugeta Capital Ethiopia - Though the government of Ethiopia projects the country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow by 11.2 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) estimation is for it to grow by 6.5 per cent, as a result of an overheating economy and a very difficult global environment. "We will still grow by 11.2 per cent. We are just cleaning out our

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The Microsoft Corporation is designing an option in the beta version of Windows 7 that will enable users to turn off Internet Explorer.After releasing Vista, Microsoft came up with Windows 7 in which Internet Explorer is pre-installed. Google Inc. and Mozilla foundation, which have their own browsers, believe that Microsoft is trying to dominate the market by leaving users no choice but to use

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By MICHELLE FAUL AP, JOHANNESBURG (Mar 06 2009) — The International Criminal Court's decision to pursue a sitting head of state on war crimes charges puts others around the world on notice, but it's also raising questions about which leaders are being targeted. African and Arab nations say they will support Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, fearing the warrant issued against him Wednesday will

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News24, Addis Ababa (Mar 05 2008) - Ethiopia on Wednesday rejected a US State Department report that highlighted human rights abuses in the Horn of Africa nation. In its annual report on global human rights, the US body said government troops had arbitrarily detained, tortured and killed political opponents while it also accused the government of restricting political space."This report,

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The government says Human Rights Watch has got it wrong. Really? The Economist Print Edition, Addis Ababa (Feb 5 2009) - INDEPENDENT voices in Ethiopia are finding it ever harder to be heard. Suffocated by an irascible government, the country’s newspapers are now the least informative in east Africa. Journalists deemed critical of the prime minister, Meles Zenawi, are pilloried. And they are not

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Birtukan Mideksa has been re-arrested after refusing to say sorry for protesting against the 2005 election results in Ethiopia Since being feted by Tony Blair, Ethiopia's government has grown increasingly intolerant of dissent – and the leader of its main opposition party is paying the price. By Daniel Howden The Independent (Feb 03 2009) - Birtukan Mideksa has been sentenced to life in prison.

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By Muluken Yewondwossen Capital - The Federal Supreme Court last monday has adjourned the final verdict in Tewodros Kasahun aka Tedy Afro’s hit-and-run appeal case until February 18.The musician was sentenced to six years and fined 18,000 birr by the Federal High Court 8th Criminal Bench on December 5, 2008.Teddy’s lawyer, Million Assefa, maintains his client’s innocence and told the court

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January 16, 2008 His Excellency Meles ZenawiPrime Minister, Ethiopiac/o Embassy of Ethiopia506 International Drive,NWWashington, DC 20008 Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We write to express our concern about several recent developments in your country, which we fear could make the important partnership between the United States and Ethiopia more difficult. Weare deeply troubled that these events

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Report: - Download (pdf) - Listen audioEthiopia - Events of 2008 The Ethiopian government's human rights record remains poor, marked by an ever-hardening intolerance towards meaningful political dissent or independent criticism. Ethiopian military forces have continued to commit war crimes and other serious abuses with impunity in the course of counterinsurgency campaigns in Ethiopia's eastern

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BBC News (Jan 16 2009) - Thousands of Somalis have gathered at the football stadium in Mogadishu to celebrate the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the city. The stadium was a former Ethiopian base and Islamist and clan elders called for Somalis to solve their own problems and not resort to more violence.There has been no fighting in the city since the Ethiopians left this week.Meanwhile,

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By Peter Heinlein VOA News, Addis Ababa (Jan 11 2009) - A leading Ethiopian opposition politician, who was imprisoned for life last month after a dispute with the government, has ended a hunger strike and told relatives she wants to begin legal proceedings to win her freedom. The leader of Ethiopia's Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, Birtukan Mideksa, has called off the fast she began

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On January 14, Ethiopians will hold worldwide rallies demanding the release of all political prisoners currently incarcerated by the government of Ethiopia. Countries and Cities in which the rallies will be held are:Brussels, BelgiumDate: 14/01/2009Time: 13:30PMPlace: Brussels Shuman Station – Near EU HQRally destination: EU commission, EU council and EU ParliamentDetails: OrganizersFrankfurt,

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Now that the EPRDF has been in power for almost two decades, its leaders have had time to accumulate wealth. We make a roundup – by no means exhaustive - of their activity. The Indian Ocean Newsletter (N° 1253 10/01/2009) - Azeb Mesfin, the wife of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, takes no mean interest in the world of business and sometimes has been highly interventionist in defending the

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የግንቦት ሰባት ድምጽ (Jan 09 2009) - የኢትዮዽያ ቴሌኮሚኒኬሽን ባለስልጣን ከሊሴ ገብረማርያም ትምህርት ቤት እና መኢአድ ጽህፈት ቤት ፊት ለፊት የሚገኘውን የአዜብ መስፍንን ህንጻ ለአስር አመት በስልሳ ሚሊዮን ብር እንዲከራይ መገደዱን የውስጥ አዋቂ ምንጮች አጋለጡ።ስልሳ ሚሊዮን የሚያክል ገንዘብ ለኪራይ ከመክፈል ከዛ ባነሰ ብር ቴሌኮሚኒኬሽን የራሱን ህንጻ መስራት ይቀለው እንደነበር ምንጮቻችን ገልጸው የተፈለገው የአዜብ መስፍንን ካዝና መሙላት ስለነበር በኪራይ ስም ዘራፋው ተከናውኗል ብለዋል።አይን ባወጣ ሁኔታ የሚዘረፈው የኢትዮዽያ ቴሌኮሚኒኬሽን ባለስልጣን መረን በለቀቀ ሁኔታ ሰራተኞቹም ለጥቃት እና ለአስተዳደራዊ

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"The Scope for democracy and pluralism is shrinking in Ethiopia," Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson said. The Local (Jan 10 2009) - Sweden's government on Friday expressed deep concern over the arrest of an Ethiopian opposition leader last week after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked."The imprisonment of Birtukan Midekssa is a source of great

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By Jason McLure Bloomberg (Jan 8 2009) - Ethiopia’s leading opposition politician is in her 10th day of a hunger strike after she was jailed for life on Dec. 29 following a dispute with the government, according to her mother.Birtukan Mideksa, 34, has been taking only juice and water and is being held in solitary confinement in a windowless 3-meter by 4-meter (10-foot by 13-foot) cell in Ethiopia

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BBC News (Jan 08 2009) - A crackdown has been launched in the Ethiopian capital on unlicensed parlours where boys and young men chew khat, a narcotic green leaf. Addis Ababa city council has ordered raids on the backrooms where people also smoke shisha pipes and gamble.Although khat is not banned, officials say boys skip school and steal to fund their pleasures in the parlours.Other illegal

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Press Release January 6 2009 Amnesty International called the Charities and Societies Proclamation law (CSO law), adopted today by the Ethiopian parliament, a repressive law designed to strictly control and monitor civil society in an atmosphere of increasing intolerance of the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations. Previous drafts of the CSO law imposed strict

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Gloucestershire (Jan 07 2009) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are apparently on the verge of adopting another child - this time a two-year-old girl from Ethiopia. It seems the couple, who already have three adopted children and three biological children, will fly to the country's capital Addis Ababa to adopt the toddler, Grazia reports.The girl is apparently a ward of an orphanage."Brad and

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APA: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Jan 06 2009) - The Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday endorsed with majority votes a controversial new NGO law, with concern being expressed that it may affect the activities of many local and international NGOs in Ethiopia.The law was endorsed despite concerns from many NGOs, both local and foreign that are operating in the country for decades.The new bill seeks to

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Reuters, Nairobi, (Jan 6 2009) - Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels warned Malaysia's Petronas [PETR.UL] on Tuesday they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region, saying it would link the company to war crimes by the Ethiopian military.The Malaysian state-owned company is one of more than a dozen international explorers hunting for oil and gas deposits in different parts of the

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By Joe DeCapua VOA News, Washington D.C (Jan 05 2009) - As Ethiopian troops withdraw from Somalia, the Ethiopian government has released a statement saying its mission in Somalia has been accomplished. It says Ethiopian forces, during their two year occupation, have eliminated a clear and present danger. However, Ethiopia leaves behind a country in turmoil and one of the world’s worst

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By Kaleyesus Bekele The Reporter (Jan 03 2009) - The Malaysian oil and gas company, Petronas, is to drill three oil exploration wells in the Ogaden basin this year. Petronas has hired Weather Ford, a Dubai-based company, to carry out the drilling. Reliable sources told The Reporter that Weather Ford has agreed to drill exploration wells in the Genale block, block 11 and 15 of the basin. They

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­Cellular News (Jan 06 2009) - Ethiopian Telecommunications Corp (ETC), the country's sole mobile network operator, has launched a prepaid WCDMA 3G mobile phone service in the capital city, Addis Ababa. The company only offers PrePay tariffs to its customers.Local media reports last October suggested that the network operator had signed a US$400 million agreement for the supply of 15 million

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By Alemayehu G. Mariam If you can’t beat up the big boys in Mogadishu, beat on the woman and the old man in Addis Ababa! That happened last week in Ethiopia. Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP) President Ms. Bertukan Mideksa was strong-armed, manhandled and whisked away to the infamous Kality prison. In a VOA interview, Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, the aging human rights lion of

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The Hollywood Reporter - Director of several of the best-known African films ever to screen in the West, Howard University film professor, wit, maverick, impassioned critic of Hollywood, grumpy old man, warm soul -- all these descriptions seem to fit Haile Gerima. "Teza," the helmer's film at DIFF, is about a man who returns to Ethiopia after years away in Europe. Traumatized by the hope his

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‘FLOWER OF PARADISE’: In East African countries like Somalia, khat leaves have been used as a stimulant and social tonic. But in the U.S. khat is illegal, and increased demand is leading to clashes between narcotics officers and immigrants.The narcotic leaf is a time-honored tradition in Africa but illegal in the U.S., where demand is growing.By Cynthia Dizikes LA Times, Washington (Jan 3 2009) -

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“I do not believe that all this intimidation and threat is aimed only at me” Ms Bertukan Midekessa My word (testimony) It is very difficult to describe what I felt after watching on Ethiopian Television the very same warning that was given to me at the federal police after being summoned there the afternoon of December 23, 2008Although there is nothing that I will say different from what I know

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Jan 02 2008) — Ethiopia said its military withdrawal from Somalia was under way and would last several more days, even as its forces were targeted in yet another deadly incident in Mogadishu on Friday.The final phase of Ethiopia's troop pullout from neighbouring Somalia comes at a time of deep political confusion and in the dying stages of US President George W. Bush's

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By Martin Plaut BBC News - The Ethiopian army is preparing to leave Somalia almost two years after it invaded to oust Islamists who had taken control of large areas of the country. The Ethiopians are withdrawing without having broken the power of what Prime Minister Meles Zenawi described in 2006 as the leaders of the jihadist movement, responsible for "terrorist outrages".But the Ethiopian

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By Tesfa-alem Tekle Sudan Tribune, Addis Ababa (Dec 29, 2008) — The state-owned Ethiopia Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) launched a new Television show that airs music from countries of the East Africa region.According to officials from the ETV entertainment desk, the major target of the bi-weekly show is to bring the brotherly and historical interrelated people of the region close to each

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Joe Michael Can someone prove me wrong if I say the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is the worst dictator comparing to Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe? I’ll bet no one can.There is no question that Robert Mugabe is a dictator. However, when it comes to the intensity of the crimes he has committed against his own people, he is way less criminal than Meles Zenawi. Even at these defining moments,

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Enjoy this funny 'Happy New Year' video--

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By Emily Mathieu (Staff Reporter) TheStar.com (Dec 31, 2008) - It has been two years since Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal was arrested on suspicion of terrorism and placed in an Ethiopian jail and a lawyer hired by his family said the Canadian government has yet to make serious efforts to secure his return."This is the type of situation where a strong position taken by our foreign minister, or

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By Ibrahim Mohamed Reuters, Mogadishu (Dec 31 2008) - Ethiopian troops propping up Somalia's Western-backed government are primed to withdraw in the next five days, officials said on Wednesday, potentially leaving a dangerous power vacuum in the Horn of Africa nation.The end of Ethiopia's two-year presence in Somalia and this week's departure of President Abdullahi Yusuf are seen by diplomats

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 31 2008) — The US embassy in Addis Ababa on Wednesday voiced concern over the fate of an opposition leader who was jailed after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked.Birtukan Midekssa, head of the Unity for Democracy Justice party, irked the regime when she reportedly claimed during a recent visit to Europe that she had never voiced remorse or acknowledged any mistake

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APA: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dec 31 2008) - An Ethiopian training airplane crashed late on Tuesday in Butajira, located some 160 km South of Addis Ababa killing its sole occupant, the trainer pilot, sources confirmed here Wednesday.Ethiopian air lines made the announcement, explaining that the aircraft hit a mountain during its flight killing the pilot instantly.The pilot had thrown signals of bad

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 30 2008) — Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's resignation after a drawn-out power struggle could boost efforts to stabilise the country, a senior Ethiopian official said on Tuesday.Yusuf announced his resignation on Monday following a bitter feud with his prime minister, adding concerns about increased political instability to fears of a security vacuum as Ethiopian

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Birtukan Medeksa was regarded as a heroine during her trial BBC News (Dec 30 3008) - Ethiopia's main opposition leader has been sent to prison to serve a life sentence, after a pardon granted to her last year was revoked.Birtukan Medeksa was among more than 100 people jailed for offences after controversial polls in 2005.A dispute over the terms of her release caused her re-arrest.Her colleague

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ANDINET NORTH AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Press Release December 29, 2008 We just learned that Mrs. Bitrukan Medekasa has been arrested and taken to prison by Ethiopian secuirty forces from her party’s headquarter. Her colleague, Professor Mesfin Woldemariam and her driver who were with her at the time were physically assulated by the secuirty officers. It is reported that the

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ድርጊቱ የተፈጸመው ከፓስተር ዳንኤል ጽ/ቤት ሲወጡ ነው Ethiopia Zare (ታህሳስ 20 2001 ዓም; Dec 29, 2008) - ዛሬ በኢትዮጵያ ሰዓት አቆጣጠር ከሰዓት በኋላ ወደ 8፡30 ሰዓት አካባቢ ቦሌ ከሚገኘውና ከሽማግሌዎቹ አንዱ ከሆኑት ፓስተር ዳንኤል ጽ/ቤት ለአራት ሰዓታት ቆይተው የወጡት የ78 ዓመቱ ፕ/ር መስፍን ወልደማርያም ተደብድበው ወደ ሆስፒታል ሲወሰዱ፣ ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ደግሞ ታስረው ወዴት እንደተወሰዱ ለጊዜው ለማረጋገጥ አልተቻለም።የአንድነት ለዲሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ሊቀመንበር የሆኑት ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ እና የፓርቲው ብሔራዊ ምክር ቤት አባል ሆኑት ፕሮፌሠር መስፍን ወልደማርያም ከጠዋቱ አራት

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EMF (Dec 29 2008)- Andinet party president, Birtukan Midekisa has been arrested today. In related news, other Meles Zenawi forces broke into the office of UDJ and attacked professor Mesfin Woldemariam. According to EMF source, Professor Mesfin is severely bitten.Now Birtukan is in jail and Prof. Mesfin is in the hospital and he is in critical condition. At this moment, our source added that Judge

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AFP: Baidoa, Somalia (Dec 29 2008) — Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned Monday following a bitter power struggle, adding political uncertainty to the war-ravaged country's security vacuum. "I had promised to return the power if I could not bring peace, stability and democracy where people can elect their leader," Yusuf told a special meeting of parliament."I have handed over my

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APA: Addis Ababa Ethiopia (Dec 27 2008) - Millions of Ethiopians will soon start to enjoy the newly much heralded said film, Teza, which is being described internationally as a “New Black Cinema”, and which has received world wide recognition and several prizes.Teza (dew), which has already been shown to millions of cinema viewers in North Africa, Europe, Canada and the United States, will

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Top 10 Most visited News Articles of the yearGerman radio & VOA Amharic service broadcasts to Ethiopia "jammed" - hobbyistsEthiopian pop star, Tedy Afro, in custody over hit-and-runEthiopian Television Network (ETN) Starts providing free serviceEthiopia: Rising food prices - feeling the pinchEthiopia, Addis Ababa: Trolleybuses to shortly start service in metropolisEthiopia's popular singer

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By Elizabeth Blunt BBC News, Addis Ababa (Dec 26 2008) - Hundreds of young Somalis have been arrested in the past few days in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.A number were questioned and then released but it is thought at least 200 are still being held.Most of the arrests took place on Tuesday night and Wednesday in the Bole area, the part of the town where most of the Somali community live.A

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Jimma Times (Dec 25 2008) - The leadership of Ethiopia's biggest opposition party, the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), faces fresh threats from the Ethiopian government after the party made statements that angered Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party. UDJ's chairperson Judge Birtukan Mideksa told her supporters in Europe that her party never asked for pardon to the government to be

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A pirate taking a stroll on shore in Hobyo, Somalia, 22 Dec 2008By Alisha Ryu VOA News: Hobyo, Somalia (Dec 24 2008) - Somali pirates are denying reports that have accused them of sharing ransom payments with an al-Qaida-linked radical Islamist group called the Shabab. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu recently visited the pirate sanctuary of Hobyo in the Galmudug region of central Somalia and reports

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By Peter Clottey VOA News, Washington D.C (Dec 24 2008) - The embattled President of Somalia's Transitional Federal government, Abdullahi Yusuf is expected to formally resign before Christmas. President Yusuf is reportedly being pressured by the international community to resign after unilaterally sacking Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, which further threatened the stability of the

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IRIN, DAKAR (Dec 23 2008) - Is a proposed law to regulate charities in Ethiopia an attempt to regulate a sprawling sector and block foreign political interference or a clampdown on civil society? A draft proclamation published and revised several times this year has been criticised by African and international rights groups. Ethiopian civil society groups allege some provisions are

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By Kirubel Tadesse Capital - Ethiopia's Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) ridiculed the recent Federal Police Commission's interrogation of its chair Birtukan Midekssa as 'propaganda'. The first official response of UDJ to its chair's questioning at Federal Police headquarters on December 10 came last Friday, December 19, 2008. The statement UDJ central office sent Capital reads that the

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 23 2008) — Religious leaders in Ethiopia on Monday urged lawmakers to amend the country's constitution to ban homosexuality in a move they argue could further strengthen existing codes.At a meeting in the Ethiopian capital, nearly a dozen religious figures, including heads of Ethiopia's Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, adopted a resolution against

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By Tsegaye Tadesse Reuters, Addis Ababa (Dec 21 2008) - Nigerian troops are expected to strengthen an African force in Somalia in January and prevent a security vacuum when Ethiopian soldiers pull out, the African Union said on Sunday.Ethiopia's decision to withdraw its 3,000 or so troops from the anarchic Horn of Africa nation by the end of the year has raised fears the fractured,

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BBC News (Dec 22 2008) - Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group has accused government forces of killing about 50 people in an attack on a village.The ONLF said troops had rounded up the villagers, before gunning them down.It said more than 50 other people were wounded in the attack in the village of Moohaya in the south-east. Ethiopia's government has not reacted so

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By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Audacity of Corruption: Illinois Style Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere! It seems the worldwide business of corruption is recession-proof. Last week, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on charges that he peddled the Senate seat held by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.The foul-mouthed and self-indulgent governor

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EMF, በፍሬው አበበ እና በታምሩ ጽጌ (Dec 21 2008) – የኢትዮጵያ የቀድሞ ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አቶ ታምራት ላይኔ በቀጣይ ሕይወታቸው በቀጥታ በፖለቲካ ውስጥ ከመሳተፍ ይልቅ በቤተክርስቲያን እግዚአብሔርን ለማገልገል መወሰናቸውን አስታወቁ፡፡ አቶ ታምራት ትላንት አሮጌው አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ በሚገኘው በእህታቸው መኖሪያ ቤት በተለይ ለሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ “ዓላማዬ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ማገልገል ነው፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ሠላም፣ ፍቅር የሚያገኝበትን እመኛለሁ” ብለዋል፡፡ “እርግጠኛ ሆኜ የምናገረው የፖለቲካ ድርጅት (ፓርቲ) የሚባሉ ሃሳቦች ውስጥ መግባት አልፈልግም፡፡ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ጥሩ ናቸው የምላቸውን ሃሳቦች እንደ

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BBC News - A rare visitors' book signed by former Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie has been sold at auction for £1,600. The book from the Haile Selassie School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was sold in an auction in Towcester, Northamptonshire, on Thursday.The notebook, dedicated to the emperor himself, includes 200 black and white photographs of him with many other Heads of State, including the

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BBC News (Dec 19 2008) - Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Tamerat Layne has been released after spending 12 years in prison for corruption and abuse of power. He was dismissed from government in 1996 and convicted by the Ethiopian Supreme Court four years later.He was sentenced to 18 years in prison but state media said he was freed early after showing good behaviour.He was a key ally of current

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By Tsegaye Tadesse Reuters, Addis Ababa (Dec 17 2008) - Ethiopia's leather sector expects export earnings to rise to $190 million in 2009 but a prolonged crisis in the global economy could cut that forecast by 5-10 percent, an industry official said on Wednesday."The sector exported leather and leather goods worth $103 million during the year that's just ending and expects to earn $190 million

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Rally Held in the US For Ethiopian Pop Star EthioPolitics (Dec 15 2008) - Ethiopians and Ethio-Americans in DC protested against the incarceration of the country’s best-known pop star, Teddy Afro, who was sentenced to six years in jail for a ‘hit and run’ incident in the capital Addis Ababa.The protesters believe the charges were politically motivated.Even in Ethiopia, where public protests are

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The book includes the signature of the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie BBC News - A rare visitors' book signed by former Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie could sell for up to £1,500 at auction. The book from the Haile Selassie School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is to be sold in a JP Humbert auction in Towcester, Northamptonshire, on Thursday. Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert said the book "came

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President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister’s office to mark the signing of a security agreement. Bush wasn’t hit by the shoes, which both sailed over his head after they were thrown one after the other. The president shrugged and said “I’m OK” after the incident in Baghdad today. “All I can report is it is a size 10,

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By Kirubel Tadesse Capital, Addis Ababa - The long awaited census released this week defied earlier projections by landing the nation’s present population figure at close to 77 million. Ethiopia: 2007 Census by Religion:62.8% - Christians43.5% - Orthodox10.2 to 18.6% - Protestants0.70% - Catholics33.9% - Muslims2.7% - Traditional 0.6% - Others Registering the lowest annual growth of all regions

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AFP: BAIDOA, Somalia (Dec 14 2008) — Somalia's president announced Sunday he was sacking the cabinet but the premier challenged the move, in a fresh clash between the two rivals that further threatened fragile peace efforts."As of now, I have sacked the prime minister and his current government and I will nominate a new prime minister within days," President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed told reporters."

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The Indian navy said it seized weapons from the arrested pirates.BBC News (Dec 13 2008) - The Indian navy says it has arrested 23 Somali and Yemeni pirates who tried to storm a ship in the Gulf of Aden. A navy spokesman said it had responded to a mayday call from MV Gibe, flying under the Ethiopian flag.Several countries have warships patrolling the gulf amid growing international concern about

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Sudan Tribune, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 13 2008) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denied reports saying that Ethiopian government has agreed to hold peace talks with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) without preconditions“There are no started, ongoing or planned talks with OLF” Meles replied to a question raised from opposition MPs in parliament on Thursday.Despite his denial a mediation team drawn

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The Tripoli Post (Dec 13 2008) - After 60 years of presence in the country, Shell Ethiopia has totally moved out of the Ethiopian market as of 14 November 2008, after Libya Oil Holding (OiLibya) finalised the purchase and sale agreement it entered with Shell.OiLibya, a new trademark in the Ethiopian oil market, has thus started operations since Shell Ethiopia's departure from the market it has

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The Earth Times, Nairobi/Kampala (Dec 12 2008) - A Ugandan government official on Friday confirmed that the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia will pull out should Ethiopia stick to its promise of withdrawing its troops before the end of the year. "If the Ethiopians pull out ... the AU force will pull out because it will not have adequate numbers," James Mugume, permanent secretary at

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Jean Ping says the AU is trying to keep its peace keeping force in Somalia even after Ethiopia's withdrawal in 2009 AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 12 2008) — African Union chief Jean Ping voiced concern Friday over suggestions that AU peacekeepers could abandon lawless Somalia within a month, saying that this was "something we cannot accept." "We are really very preoccupied, but we hope that something

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Teddy Afro Night in Vancouver Teddy’s Night is a moment to remember the renowned peace and justice promoter artist Teddy Afro who is currently in prison accused of fabricated charges. Don't miss it come celebrate the New Year / X-mass with Teddy’s spirit of love, unity and peace. Address: Teddy’s Night in VancouverSaturday Dec. 27 / 2008East Burn Community Center7435 Edmonds

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Press Release December 13 2008 It is now a little over a year since Ethiopia’s EPRDF led government triumphantly announced to the world that the post 2005 election crises has finally been overcome in the spirit of the new millennium’s rallying dictum of national reconciliation and renewal.And yet it took the EPRDF led government less than two months after the millennium celebrations to rescind

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 11 2008) — African Union peacekeepers want to withdraw from Somalia as soon as possible, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday. Meles told parliament in a surprise announcement that Uganda and Burundi, the only contributors to the AU force, wanted to withdraw their embattled peacekeepers ahead of Ethiopian troops, who are set to leave next month.Uganda

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By MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR AP: MOGADISHU, Somalia (Dec 09 2008) — Ethiopian troops are pouring into neighboring Somalia to fight radical Islamists who have taken over much of the country, raising fears of more violence in a country fighting a deadly insurgency and piracy, witnesses and the Somali government said Tuesday.The Ethiopians' advance comes just weeks before they are scheduled to withdraw

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By Fikremariam Tesfaye AllAfrica, Addis Abeba (Dec 7 2008) — The Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERT) and the BBC World Service on Friday forged a partnership that will see a range of BBC programmes broadcast on 97.1FM in Addis Ababa, and on the medium-wave frequencies of the National Service of Ethiopian Radio across the country.Under the new partnership agreement, Ethiopian listeners

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Reuters: POZNAN, Poland (Dec 09 2008) - East Africa is poised for expansion in geothermal power capacity next year to meet growing demand in the world's poorest continent, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday.A U.N.-backed project testing new seismic and drilling technology in Kenya has proved that geothermal is a viable and cost effective source of power that has the potential

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By Peter Heinlein (report (MP3) - Download or Listen) VOA News, Addis Ababa (Dec 08 2008) - A just-released Human Rights Watch report accuses all parties to the conflict in Somalia of regularly committing war crimes that contribute to the Horn of Africa nation's humanitarian catastrophe. But Ethiopia is taking strong exception to charges made against Ethiopian troops, and questioning the methods

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Human Rights Watch (Dec 8 2008) - The 104-page report, "So Much to Fear: War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia," describes how the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the Ethiopian forces that intervened in Somalia to support it and insurgent forces have committed widespread and serious violations of the laws of war.Frequent violations include indiscriminate attacks, killings, rape,

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Ethiomedia Special Report (Dec 7, 2008) Ethiomedia is informed that Human Rights Watch will release its latest report on war crimes and gross human rights violations in Somalia in days. The report exceeding one hundred pages is said to contain massive documentation of war crimes and human rights violations by Ethiopian forces and local insurgents in Somalia. Here are a few of the major findings

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Scared on camera. This is a funny compilation of people caught off guard and screaming like a little girl on camera. Yes, this has happened to all of us. Let's laugh with it together.

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Addis Fortune - The Addis Abeba City Roads Authority (AACRA) has short listed 15 foreign companies engaged in road construction projects in various parts of the country for the award of the huge Africa Avenue (Bole Road) upgrading project. ACCRA has already requested the companies to express interest, and five of them have already responded. The Japanese KAJIMA Corporation and the Chinese China

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By George Ayittey The Huffington Post (Dec 4, 2008) - The election of Senator Barrack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as "one of their own." His election victory shattered myths about America and caused some discomfort among Africa's gang of "hippos" - the nasty, ornery and unrepentant hard-knocks. Wedded to seats of power, not even bulldozers can dislodge

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AFP, ADDIS ABABA (Dec 06 2008) — Ethiopia's foreign ministry -- which announced last month it would pull its troops out of Somalia by the end of the year -- said Saturday it could extend its deployment by "a few days."The announcement of Ethiopia's hasty withdrawal had sowed panic among the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), whose peacekeepers are to take over security duties but needed

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Afrique en ligne, Addis Ababa (Dec. 03 2008) - Ethiopia's famine appears set to continue into 2009 following a failed harvest this year, further worsened by the recent flooding of key agriculturally-productive regions and rising prices for cereals, UN aid agencies said.United Nations agencies operating in vast parts of Ethiopia, said Wednesday several regions, including the Oromiya region,

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By Barry Malone Reuters, Addis Ababa (Dec 5 2008) - Ethiopia's best-known pop star, Teddy Afro, was sentenced to six years in jail on Friday for killing a homeless man when driving his BMW in the capital Addis Ababa. The 31-year-old singer, whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun, was found guilty of manslaughter earlier this week for the death of 18-year-old Degu Yibelte in a hit-and-run

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The Economist, Nairobi (Dec 4 2008) - Ethiopia says its troops will be out of Somalia soon. Will they? And then? IT TOOK Ethiopia two weeks in December 2006 and January 2007 to invade Somalia and crush fighters loyal to the Somali Islamic Courts Union. By contrast, it has taken two years for it to decide to withdraw, leaving the nastiest of the same Islamists in control of much of the

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By Lulit Mesfin The quintessential icon of Ethiopian patriotism, Teddy Afro, who has always strutted on stage and off like a fearless young cub, wearing his signature arenguade, beecha and key (the beautiful color, of the majestic Ethiopian flag) has always appealed to the better angels of our nature through his soul stirring music. While always speaking truth to the thuggish power hiding in

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Addis Fortune - Addis Abeba last week got its second map, three months after the first one was prepared by the Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA) in September this year. The first map is currently available on the market and is also the only one to have been prepared in ten years.The second one, prepared through the initiative of the German government’s Gesellschaft Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

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IRIN, EREBTI (Dec 2 2008) - Thousands of vulnerable civilians who left their homes in north-eastern Ethiopia in June because of drought are living in poor conditions in an urban area in Afar region, residents and local officials said on 24 November.“Some 519 families moved to Erebti town from the two most affected kebeles [wards] of Haitan and Aleyta when they started losing their livestock to

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Afro's music has been an anthem for anti-government protestsBBC News (Dec 01 2008) - Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro has been convicted of the manslaughter of a homeless man killed in a hit-and-run incident in Addis Ababa in 2006.The singer was found guilty of running the man down in his car and driving away without reporting the incident.Ethiopia's best-known pop star was also convicted of driving

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Reuters, Addis Ababa (Dec 2 2008) - Africa's largest coffee producer Ethiopia traded the bean through a new electronic system at its commodity exchange for the first time on Tuesday."This should introduce a new era of more reliable trade and increased export competitiveness for the Ethiopian coffee industry," Eleni Gebremedhin, director of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), told Reuters.In

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